Shure SM57 Dynamic Instrument Microphone

Matt uses this to record on the 2nd law

The Shure SM57 Instrument/Vocal microphone is used to mic the Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 Amplifier that lead guitarist Alex Turner uses for his performances with the Arctic Monkeys.

Producer Vance Powell - “On Blunderbuss I also used the Neve 33609 and RCA BA6A and an Ampex MX35 four–channel tube mixer to record the drums, but these sessions happened so quickly that I did not have a lot of time to set things up. There was not a lot of upright bass this time, but when there was one, I’d use an RCA 44 and something higher up like the RCA BK5A [cardioid ribbon mic]. There was an African drum on ‘Would You Fight For My Love?’, which had an AEA R92, electric bass would have been DI and a Neumann U67 on the amp, with maybe some compression from the [Fairchild] 670. I recorded Jack’s acoustic guitar with an RCA 77DX, and his electric almost always goes through his 1963 Fender Vibroverb in front of which I placed a U67, which went into the Neve 1073 desk and then straight to tape. I did not record any of Jack’s vocals, other than on the song ‘Just One Drink’ because that was done entirely live. I used a Shure SM57 or 58 on his vocals for that, and Josh recorded the backing vocals.”

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This mic was used for snares on Eagles of Death Metal's album Death by Sexy, according to Shure's official website.

Asked about any tricks to recording natural guitar sounds, guitarist Dave Grohl replied, "As far as micing the amps, we used a Shure SM57. That's usually the mic they use on the amps when you play live, so why not use it in the studio as well?"

Can be seen micing the Fender Tweed Harvard Amp. Original article from October 2009 [here](https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/u2-exclusive-the-edges-stage-setup-revealed-223342).

According to Shure's artist page, Imagine Dragons uses Shure's SM57 for their guitar cabinet.

"I use a Shure SM57 for demos, and if I'd like a really crisp vocal sound I like to use an AKG C-1000. But my favorite is the SM57 - beautiful design inside and out. It allows close mic placing and picks up vocals better."

josh use the shure for his amps.

"We got a pair of 57s, one on each cabinet," says John Petrucci's guitar tech.

Used on *Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock*, among other recordings and live performances. > And what about those famous guitars, which included Ibanez JS1200, JS1000 and JS2PRM electrics (his signature line), a Bruce Sexauer FT-14 acoustic and a 1948 Martin 000-21? For the demo recordings, Satriani used either a Palmer or Marshall SE100 speaker simulator paired with one of his many guitar amps, including those from his signature Peavey JSX Series. In the studio, he played into either a CAD D189 or an SM57. For clean guitar parts and acoustic guitar, he used a KM54.

The SM57 was used to record the top of the snare drum for Daft Punk's Random Access Memories album, as well as being one of the three mics used to record the guitar cab.

[This article on the making of Marr's 2018 *Call the Comet* album by MixOnline.com](https://www.mixonline.com/recording/johnny-marr-finds-his-voice-on-call-the-comet) touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "The core idea behind the recording was to have it be close to what the band does live. The band records together in the live room quite a bit, although not always. For Marr’s guitars, Doviak places a Shure SM57 and AKG C414 in 60/40 blend up to the amp grille through the Neve 1081s with very little EQ, just a touch of brightness and bite to the SM57 and scooping out of muddiness. This gives an accurate representation of what you would hear standing in front of Marr’s amp at a show. " (While the engineer is providing this feedback, the gear is housed in Marr's own Crazy Face studios, which contains gear he's collected over his decades in the music industry.)

This rig diagram from 2003 shows this mic used in front of the cabinets.

At 1:17 into the video, Tocadisco's Vox AC30 is mic'ed with a Shure SM57.

Pete Rock is DJing using a SM57 at a show

This mic is used by Slash with his Talkbox, at 0:11

"He also used a Fender Bassman on about four songs and a Vox AC30 for some clean tracks. Four microphones were used to mic Kurt's speaker cabinet (he would pick which mic he liked best for each song and its signal was sent through the Neve console at Sound City): a Shure SM57, an AKG 414, a Neumann U87, and occasionally a Sennheiser 421. His main effects were the DS-1 Distortion and Small Clone. A ProCo Rat distortion pedal was also used on some songs on the album (6)."

In "Pulse" 1994, WEM and Marshall speaker cabinets are mic’ed with Shure SM57 and Neumann U-87 microphones.

Owl City's studio has three of these microphones.

Used to record the snare top and snare beater-side.

Noah 40 uses a SM57 on drake vocals on the control room

Thom Yorke can be seen using a Shure SM57 in this photo.

Shure endorsed Nickelback's Chad Kroeger uses Shure's SM57, according to Shure's artist page.

In [this interview](http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct99/articles/readerzone.htm), Gavin Harrison says he uses Shure SM57 microphones to record snares: "I use the '57s on the snare drum both top and bottom. They're a cheap all-round mic, but everyone uses them."

This is one of many pieces of gear listed in a 2007 Computer Music feature on Venetian Snares.

"Generally we have three microphones on each cab—either a Shure SM57 or Heill PR 30 next to a Sennheiser 421, and then either a ribbon mic like a Royer R-121 ribbon or a Neumann FET47, to capture a fullness of sound." - excerpt from Premier Guitar interview.

Used for Haywyre's vocoder.

Here James is using a Shure SM57 during the Presidio sessions in 2001

"Justin Vernon spent a winter in his family’s hunting cabin in the woods of Wisconsin tracking and layering guitars, vocals and horns with his SM57." as it is mentioned in the article.

at 0:16 of the Helena music video, Gerard is seen singing into a Shure SM57

According to Shure's artist page, Bleachers' Jack Antonoff uses Shure's Beta SM57 microphone for his guitar and to mic his snare top.

One of the coments on Instagram foobag - the 57 is industry standard for a reason - gives the sound we all know so well because it’s always the mic’ of choice live!!!

According to Shure's artist page, Jason Hook, playing for Alice Cooper uses Shure's SM57 Instrument microphone.

As can be seen at his official Instagram account (about making some music) you can see him using this item in the picture / video.

"First and foremost, I recorded—and still record—exclusively with a Shure SM57 because I believe that the magic in that little mic can’t be beat. I can’t tell you how many times engineers would place all these fancy condenser mics two or three feet away from my rig and tell me, “Don’t worry, we’ll get a good tone.” I’d never be happy with it though, so I’d set up the 57 two inches in front of and off the outer edge of the cone and it would always sound better!"

According to Shure's artist page, Brad Paisley uses Shure's SM57 for his guitar, snare, and pedal.

According to Shure's artist page, Imagine Dragons uses Shure's SM57 for their guitar cabinet.

According to Shure's artist page, Imagine Dragons uses Shure's SM57 for their snare.

In some relats and pics we can see Ian using a shure sm 57 http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/images/2005/04/29/joy_division_bowden_02_450x300.jpg

He uses this mic at the old tour with Soundgarden.

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : “The mics on the bass cabs were a Neumann FET 47 with a [Shure] SM57, Beyerdynamic M88 or Electro–Voice RE20 on the clean amp, and the same on the distorted amps, but we also tried the Shure SM57 or Sennheiser 421 on the latter.”

Used on the Batter side of his snare

Used for the rack toms and snare drum, as mentioned in this transcription of a February 1982 issue of *U2 Magazine*. > Larry has a somewhat unusual drum set up. Not that the kit itself was unusual, but it was arranged in an unusual manner and had several unusual extras. The basic kit is a very impressive all black Tama Fiberstar - all single headed, and including a 24" kick drum, 16" and 18" floor toms, and a selection of rather deep rack toms. The snare was a Ludwig 14"x61 " steel shell and he also has a pair of Latin Percussion Timbale. The cymbals comprised Zildjian 18" thin ride; 18" thin crash; 18" medium crash; 18" pang and 21" ride, with Paiste 14" hi-hats on a Premier Trilock pedal. The rest of the stands are Tama. The kit is miked using Sennheiser 421's for the kick and the floor toms, Shure SM57's for rack toms and snare, Electro-voice RE10 on the hi-hat and AKG D190's on the rest. No overhead mikes. The SM57 was later used for the snare drum and ride cymbal on "Get On Your Boots", as stated by producer Declan Gaffney in [this Sound on Sound interview](https://www.soundonsound.com/people/secrets-mix-engineers-declan-gaffney). > "Most of 'Get On Your Boots' was recorded in Dublin by Richard Rainey, and the basic backing tracks were done live, by the whole band together. There was an [Electro-Voice] RE20 inside the bass drum, with an SE Electronics Titan on the outside, a [Shure] 57 underneath the snare, and Richard had his own Heil mic on top, which he alternated with a Beyer M201; the toms were [Sennheiser] 421, overheads Coles 4038; ride cymbal was sometimes a 57, sometimes a [AKG] 451. Everything went through the Neve 1091 or 1093 mic pres."

In this official video for "Room at the Top," Tom is singing through an SM57.

In this video, Marty's ENGL 4x12 cabinet was shown to be mic'd up with a Shure SM57.

In [this blog](http://www.polymathperspective.com/?p=3900) about the making of Eno & Hyde's 2014 album *Someday World*, Karl's setup is depicted with an SM57 tucked alongside the Pioneer CD player on his desk.

The Whitfords depended on the time-tested—and Hendrix-approved—Marshall Super Lead and a Marshall 4x12. The head is a reissue 100-watt model, and the cabinet is a 1960BX loaded with Celestion Greenbacks. It’s mic’d with a Shure SM57

The Style Council ?– Live At Full House Rock Show (1987) Carl Isovic Published on Apr 10, 2017 The Style Council at a live concert at "Capitol" in Hanover on 12 March 1987 (Live At Full House Rock Show) Minute 1:55

"Premier brand Toms. Used on, on live performances of There There, where Ed, Jonny, and Phil all play drums. The pair of toms is mic’d with a single wireless Shure SM57."

"John Lennon – recorded most of his studio vocals on an SM57"

"I keep one of my basketweave cabinets mic’ed up all the time – 24/7 – for the last six years. I keep the heads in another room and switch between them, but keep the cabinet mic’ed up. I picked just one speaker and I use Shure SM57 and Sennheiser 409 mics together on the same speaker" - [Gilby Clarke](http://www.vintageguitar.com/2903/gilby-clark/).

"I generally plugged straight into a Marshall TSL head miked with a pair of Shure SM57s and a Neumann U87 and combined the signals."

Listed under Mustaine's gear. Used for miking cabs.

My live rig with Bush is a monster. My guitar runs through volume pedal, then a Jerry Cantrell wah, into the front of a Fractal AXFX XL II+, it splits out of the FX loop into a Voodoo amps modded Marshall JMP-1with a gold Marshall EL34 100/100 and into a first revision Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier. Both amp signals send to 2 separate Rivera silent sister iso cabinets loaded with Eminence EJ1250’s. Each speaker has 2 microphones, and modded Sure Sm 57, and a Sennheiser 421.

"We’ve been using Neumann U47s and Shure SM57s – the usual mics – and it seems to work pretty well."

In [this article](http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan11/articles/it-0111.htm) Yvan Bing, sound engineer on Phil Collins' album, Going Back, says, "For most of the recordings, I had a Beyerdynamic M88 on the kick, a Shure SM57 on the snare top and a Sennheiser MD441 on the bottom, another M88 on the low tom, a Neumann U47 for mono ambience and one Neumann U89 as a mono overhead."

> I had two Shure SM57s on the snare, top and bottom, and on the toms I had an SM57 on the top and a Sennheiser 421 underneath. You have to be really careful in positioning these mics; the top gives more attack and the bottom will pick up a more round tonal quality. Mike Fraser, Sound on Sound interview, 2009.

Shure endorsed Nickelback's Ryan Peake uses Shure's SM57, according to Shure's artist page.

Shure endorsed Nickelback uses Shure's SM57 to mic percussion, according to Shure's artist page.

Shure endorsed Nickelback uses Shure's SM57 to mic percussion, according to Shure's artist page.

Shure endorsed Nickelback uses Shure's SM57 to mic percussion, according to Shure's artist page.

According to Shure's artist page, Cheap Trick uses Shure's SM57 microphone for their guitar iso box.

"**Interviewer:** What kind of gear did you use during the recording process? **Bouillet:** Guitars used where FGN Fujigen Expert OS, 1978 Les Paul Standard, 1978 Ibanez Pf 300. Pickups Seymour Duncan JBs, Intex Cables which I highly recommend, Dunlop picks, Marshall, Mesa Boogie, Roland Micro Cube amps, Eleven. Boss Gt 100, Boss Super Shifter, Vemuram Triplex, Line 6 delay, D'Addario strings, Pro Tools. Neve 1073's, RCA pre's, V76's Shure 57's."

In this [Sound on Sound interview](http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul13/articles/it-0713.htm), Ken states of his recording microphones, "I have an [AKG C414 TLII](http://equipboard.com/items/akg-c414-tlii) for vocals and acoustic guitar, a couple of [Royer R121s](http://equipboard.com/items/royer-r-121-ribbon-microphone) and some [Shure SM57](http://equipboard.com/items/shure-sm57-instrument-vocal-mic) and [58s](http://equipboard.com/items/shure-sm58-vocal-microphone) for guitars, and that's it."

used to mic up amp on self titled album. source from sylvia massy's (System of a Down producer) official website: http://www.sylviamassy.com/how-to/

This Pro Sound Web article states that Tankian uses Shure SM57s.

At 3:30-3:33 Damon and Coxon can be seen using the mic.

In [this article](http://www.guitarworld.com/neil-young-ragged-glory?page=0,1), it states, "Cragg uses a combination of Sennheiser 409 and Shure SM57 microphones on the amps."

Reid’s guitar rig had a much more modern vibe than the other players on the tour. In addition to his signature Parker guitar and Roland processor, it featured a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier with a matching 4x12 loaded with Celestion Vintage 30s and mic’d with Sennheiser e906 (left) and a Shure SM57 (right).

According to Shure's artist page, Kane Roberts, playing for Alice Cooper uses Shure's SM57 Instrument microphone.

According to Shure's artist page, Glen Buxton, playing for Alice Cooper uses Shure's SM57 Instrument microphone.

According to Shure's artist page, Neal Smith, playing for Alice Cooper, uses Shure's SM57 to mic the snare.

A 57 can be seen on Joey's snare drum

According to Shure's artist page, Imagine Dragons uses Shure's SM57 for their snare.

According to Shure's artist page, Imagine Dragons uses Shure's SM57 for their guitar cabinet.

Throughout the video, Dave is clearly singing with an SM57.

What am I doing, it's just this mic, this SM 57 plugged into this thing," you know.

This is the vocal mic, then known as simply the SM7, that Bruce Swedien used to record Michael Jackson's vocals on Thriller, the best-selling album of all time

In this shot you can see that Mr. Probz mics up his [Matchless](http://equipboard.com/items/matchless-chieftain-2x10-combo-amp) amp with an SM57.

Shure endorsed Vance Joy uses Shure's SM57, according to Shure's artist page.

you can see this microphone in this video.

According to Shure's [website](http://www.shure.com/americas/artists/dierks-bentley), Dierks Bentley uses a Shure SM57.

According to Shure's artist page, Christina Perri's drummer uses Shure's SM57 for the snare top.

According to Shure's artist page, Childish Gambino uses Shure's SM57 to mic his band's snare and guitar cabinet.

tom uses either a shure or a handheld style microphone it looks like a bar style

throughout the whole set Ben usese the SM57 as a Effect-Mic. e.g. 33:55

In this article by Sound on Sound it says MGMT used an SM57 saying : "We had to mic the drums with this Radio Shack mic on the kick and an SM57 on the snare. Then, in the end, on parts of 'Weekend Wars' and 'The Youth' on the record, some of the drum tracks were actually just that, run through preamps.”

Shure endorsed Ana Tijoux uses Shure's Beta SM57 microphone, according to Shure's artist page.

Kevin mentions using SM57s for recording kicks, snares, and his guitar amps, in this interview.

"We mike each amp with a Shure SM57.” - Robert's guitar/bass tech [Djamir “Penguin” Filho](http://www.mixonline.com/news/tours/all-access-florence-and-machine/368254).

"Re–amping and distortion are likewise more important to Craig Potter's own keyboard sounds than experimentation with synthesis or sampling. 'I don't have many old analogue synths, I have a few, but I usually just use piano and bits of organ,' he says. 'I suppose I'm just a big fan of distortion, really. I distort everything! Piano distortion I love. We just chuck a 58 or a 57 in the piano and then we run that out, make sure there's plenty of doors in the way so it doesn't feed back, crank it up through an amp — I love that sort of thing. So it is basically piano that I play, bit of organ, some synths. We've got the Microkorg we used for the bass on 'Bones Of You' and we've got a Nord, little bits and bobs.'"

Visible at 0:58 in this TC Electronic Gear Run for Elbow's Northside Festival 2011 set. Two appear in the video, one for each of Potter's Dual Rectifier Roadsters.

this is probably WAY off, but here you go

Shure endorsed O.A.R.'s Marc Roberge uses Shure's Beta SM57 for bgv, according to Shure's artist page.

Shure endorsed O.A.R.'s Chris Culos uses Shure's Beta SM57 to mic his snare, according to Shure's artist page.

Shure endorsed O.A.R.'s Marc Roberge uses Shure's Beta SM57 for bgv, according to Shure's artist page.

Shure endorsed O.A.R.'s Marc Roberge uses Shure's Beta SM57 for bgv, according to Shure's artist page.

Shure endorsed O.A.R.'s Jerry DePizzo uses Shure's Beta SM57 for bgv, according to Shure's artist page.

According to Shure's artist page, Casting Crowns uses Shure's SM57 microphone for their snare top.

According to Shure's artist page, Casting Crowns uses Shure's SM57 microphone for their snare top.

According to Shure's artist page, Chris Tomlin's band uses Shure's SM57 for their snare, guitar cabinet, and leslie cabinet high.

In [this 1982 documentary on the making of Gabriel's fourth album](https://youtu.be/scmYG1Pv1_Q?t=13m49s), we see a shot of several pieces of gear set up in his then-home studio. At the 13:49 mark, there's a clear shot of Peter singing into his SM-57.

Richard Swift professes his love for the SM57 in this article.

“My drum mics consist of two Coles 4038s for overheads, Shure SM57s on the snare top and bottom, AKG D12 on the kick, and during the recordings of Sia’s record I had Sennheiser MD421s on the toms, but now I have AKG C414s — the old, silver ones".

According to Shure's artist page, Cage the Elephant uses Shure's SM57 microphone for their snare.

According to Shure's artist page, Cage the Elephant uses Shure's SM57 microphone for their bass cabinet.

In [this](http://www.emusician.com/artists/1333/grizzly-bear/45110) Electronic Musician article, it is stated that Taylor used a Shure SM57 microphone while recording Grizzly Bear.

The website presents some of the equipment used by Elton John on his magnificent live performances. Second page, 7th paragraph states that Shure SM57 is in Elton's equipment list.

This get's mic'd with a 57

Lou Reed - Concert 84 - Capitol Theatre

Could be seen starting from 0:03

It's been disputed whether or not Joey used an SM58 or a Unidyne, but as can clearly now be seen on the posts here: he used both.

> I record to Cubase through really good Apogee convertors, and I generally just pick a very simple chain using a nice preamp and a Shure SM57 mic—just like all the oldschool guys used to do. Here’s a tip I learned from three of the big four metal bands: Put an SM57 in the bottom left speaker of your 4x12 cabinet, aim it dead center in speaker and up against the grille, and then move it to the left about an inch or so. That’s pretty much the miking technique for most of the great metal albums that came out in the ’80s, and even including Pantera in the ’90s. I have a good set of Celestion speakers in my Hughes & Kettner cabinet, and, quite honestly, as long as it’s Celestions and an SM57, you can get a great metal sound. Guitar Player interview, 2010.

Shure endorsed Young the Giant's Jacob Tilley uses Shure's SM57, according to Shure's artist page.

Shure endorsed Young the Giant's Eric Cannata uses Shure's SM57, according to Shure's artist page.

SOS Magazine article: Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Renaud Letang "Many people have asked me how I did Feist's vocal tracks on the album. We had two setups for the whole album. I had a Neumann U67 and an SM57 both going into a Vox guitar amp, on which we EQ'ed and added reverb. The Vox was miked up by an SM57 and a U87 and then went into the old Neve A646. This gave us what we called the 'dirty' vocal. The other setup was just one U67 going into the Neve preamp in Canada, which was similar to the Neve A646.

> "**GC:** What's your mic-ing set-up? Do you use one mic? > > **Mascis:** [Producer] John Agnello used a Shure SM57, Sennheiser MD-421 and a Shure SM87 on one track, just bound together. They're all close, all right on line." Mascis has also used (and still uses) an SM57 as a vocal mic, particularly during the recording of Dinosaur Jr's *Farm* (as seen in [this episode of Pitchfork's *In The Studio*](https://youtu.be/TYDIH_H43yE?t=4m31s)) and in [this live performance](https://youtu.be/_yXFIWCNELY?t=1m14s) of Dinosaur Jr's "Sludgefeast".

According to Shure's artist page, Iron and Wine uses Shure's SM57 microphone to mic his snare top.

Used in a 1993 session (with a four-track) to record "Last Call". He also uses in live performances (Winter/Spring 1999) for guitar and snare.

According to Shure's artist page, Cheap Trick uses Shure's SM57 microphone for their guitar iso box.

According to Shure's artist page, Cheap Trick uses Shure's SM57 microphone for their guitar iso box.

At 24:34 Larry Carlton talks about how he uses the Shure SM57 to mic up his amp to his effects. "Yeah, yeah, so pretty simple set up if you notice now there's a 57 on my speaker cabinet. There will be, when I'm playing live, 2 57s on my speaker cabinet one 57 is for the house mix the other 57, the tone of my speaker and my amplifier, it's that 57 and that tone is what ends up hitting my effects. Just like when you're in the studio, you have your dry guitar sound which you wanna put some effects on it, you have the send and return. It's getting the source from the microphone on your amplifier, so that's the conversion that I did because the tone I want my effects to hear is the tone I'm sending through it, right?"

[This article](http://tascam.com/news/display/226/), by Tascam, includes words from Bruce's mix engineer, Toby Scott, who says that they used Shure SM57 microphones.

"Shure SM55, 57 and 58 mics" is included in the list of equipment at Stuart Price's studio.

"For guitar amps, I start with an SM57 typically, but sometimes a RØDE, usually into this UREI 1178 compressor through an API 312 mic preamp. I usually go into this API 550A EQ; or if something really needs to be carved out, I'll go into this UREI 546, an old film mastering EQ, with very specific control. Sometimes I'll send the guitar into this old RCA solid state compressor. The RCA also sounds great on snare."

At 0:23 in this video by Baby Grande Records, you can see Hi-Tek holding an SM-57 microphone in his hand as he is about to record a tom-drum. Later in the video (at 2:26) when Hi-Tek is talking about mic'ing his Snare, you can see an SM-57 pointed at the top of the Snare.

Shure endorsed Amon Amarth (Fredrik Andersson on drums) uses Shure's SM57 microphone to mic the bottom of the snare, according to Shure's artist page.

From Bizarre Festival 1999 in Germany.

At 0:55 Ola explains that he uses a Shure SM57 to mic his cabs.

Jack Conte mentions owning a Shure SM57 Dynamic Microphone on the gear page of his official website. In this Pomplamoose music video, it can be seen pointing at a snare while Jack plays the drums.

"His gig bag consists of the Shure SM57 microphone..." reads [this article](http://gizmodo.com/5913895/the-gadgets-of-reggie-watts) on Reggie Watts.

Anderson states on the official [Jethro Tull site](http://jethrotull.com/the-attic/musical-instruments/ian-anderson/): "When I first took up the instrument, by playing into the same mic as I used for vocals – the Shure model 57"

According to Shure's artist page, Blues Traveler's Brendan Hill uses Shure's Beta SM57 to mic his snare.

Used in this live performance of Dinosaur Jr.'s "Sludgefeast" as a ride cymbal mic. First visible at 0:24.

View caption at 4:43

Used as a vocal microphone in the video for The Wallflowers' "One Headlight". First visible at 0:30.

Sufjan Stevens uses Shure SM57, according [this website](http://www.tapeop.com/interviews/70/sufjan-stevens/).

This article states that Linkous uses Shure SM57 microphones for recording.

According to [this article](http://patricksisson.com/gang-signs-post-punk-legends-gang-of-four-revisit-old-principles-and-crank-up-the-transistor-amps-on-content/), in which Andy discusses his drum micing technique, "For the snare, I use an SM57 or Beyerdynamic M88, an SM85, and a KSM44."

According to this article Rogue Wave used this microphone on Rogues acoustic guitar while recording "Permalight".

In this video, Ian D'Sa shows that he dual-mic's his iso cabs with an MD421 and a SM57 mic.

Matt: Does your studio set up differ from your stage rig? Stacey: I keep things pretty simple. My role in Hi-Fi is to just provide the meat. I have two settings distorted and really distorted, loud and louder. Normally I play all the rhythm parts, but for this record Jamie and I both played rhythm because we 99% of it is live off the floor. So in other words, when we got a drum track we got a bass and two rhythms guitar track as well, because we were all tracking live together. There’s this intangible quality you get with four guys playing live at the same time. There’s no beat detective or anything with this record, we just did it live and then added overdubs later. Generally speaking, I use a Marshall JCM2000and I’ll put a 421 or a 57 on that and a Royer, a little darker mic, and I have a Bad Cat combo amp that I use. So I have this wall of distortion from the Marshall and I’ll mix in the chimey, clean stuff from the Bad Cat, and that really works well for me. That’s in the studio, and on stage I’m really simple, I really just set up the Marshall and I’m good to go.

"According to drum tech Jeff Linsenmaier, Ben Wysocki's kit is miked with Sennheiser e 602 and Yamaha SubKick (bass), Beyer M201TG (snare top), Sennheiser e 604 (snare bottom), AKG C 430 (hi-hat), Shure SM57 (tambourine), Sennheiser e 604s (rack/floor toms), AKG 460 (ride cymbal) and AKG C 414 B-XL II (underhead stage-right/left)."

According to Shure's artist page, Boyce Avenue's Daniel Manzano uses Shure's Beta SM57 for his snare's top.

According to Shure's artist page, Boyce Avenue uses Shure's SM57 for their guitars.

According to Shure's artist page, Boyce Avenue uses Shure's SM57 for their guitars.

First visible in this interview at 0:03, where it is used to mike Miller's acoustic guitar.

Used to record the banjo in Guster's "The Captain". Visible at 7:04.

Viisble in the music video for Guster's "Careful" at 0:20.

"When I record guitars, I usually start with a SM57 pointed on-axis about one or two fingers width off the grill of the cab with the mic aimed just outside of the voice coil dust cover. Sometimes it’s handy to have a flashlight to see the actual speaker through the grill cloth."

Stephen is singing into an SM57 throughout most of the video.

“Starting with the kick drum, I used an AKG D30, but then I sometimes used the Shure Beta 52A and I used a [Yamaha SKRM-100] Subkick too at times. On the snare drum, I had a [Shure] SM57 or sometimes the Telefunken M80. It’s a little more of an open kind of mic. With the toms, I used a [Shure] Beta 52A on the floor tom, which I really liked. It’s really got a lot of bottom and some top but it’s got a thing where it kind of glues things together with the rest of the kit when you bring it in. It worked really well with the overhead mics. I also used a [Shure] SM7 on one tom. For overhead mics, of all things, I used these [MXA] MCA SP1s. "

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "AKG 414 (2), C451E (2), and D12 (2); EV RE18 (2) and RE20; Neumann KM86i (2), KM88i (2), TLM 103 (2), U67 (2), U87 (2), and U89i (2); Sennheiser 421 (4); and Shure SM57 (4), SM7B, and SM58."

Vocalist/guitarist Andrew Stockdale sings through a Shure Beta 58A. “Nothing is going to sound better on his vocal,” says front-of-house engineer/tour manager John Hagler, “especially to lift him above the guitars. I've tried to get away from using it, but every time I ended up just EQ'ing the thing to sound like a 58A, so I always go back to it.” His amps (below right) take two SM57s: one on the Marshall and one on the Vox."

In this fantastic cover, at 1:30, we can see Flansburgh singing into Shure SM57.

On this article about Mike Kerr, we can see Mike uses a Shure SM-57 and an Audio Technica 4060 in front of his Amps

"We mixed it up using some computer software and my Boss GS-10. I also used some of my blackface Fender amps. We usually used Shure SM57s to mic the cabs."

"The overhead was usually a [Sony] C37. The snare would've changed around for sure, but usually it was just a [Shure SM]57. If I needed a bottom snare, like if I needed a little more crack out of it, it would be whatever cheap condenser I had sitting around, because it doesn't need to sound great, it just needs to pick up that high frequency. "

Shure endorsed Alison Krauss & Union Station (Dan Tyminski on lead vocals) uses Shure's Beta 58A microphone, according to Shure's artist page.

According to Shure's artist page, Chris Isaak uses Shure's SM57 microphone for his snare, guitar cabinet, and leslie cabinet top.

Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1979 U.S. Tour Another source: https://www.thoughtco.com/elvis-costello-artist-profile-10113

The item can be seen 14:50 into this video...

According to Shure's artist page, Dawes uses Shure's SM57 microphone for their snare.

"The model I use with the POD is a Plexi Variac Marshall with Greenback 25s, mic’ed with a SM57. And I worked very, very hard in a studio environment to hone that sound."

Osenga has this piece of gear listed as a part of his rig. He has a few of them.

On this picture, we can see Lemmy singing through a Shure SM57

In this [interview from the April 2000 issue of *Guitar World* magazine](https://web.archive.org/web/20040213203727/http://archive.guitarplayer.com/archive/artists/thecure.shtml), Robert explains how he used the SM57 for both guitar and vocals on the *Bloodflowers* album.

According to Shure's artist page, Chad Brownlee uses Shure's SM57 microphone for his snare bottom and guitar cabinet.

Shure endorsed band, Anti-Flag's lead vocalist, Justin Sane, uses Shure's SM 57, according to Shure's artist page.

Shure endorsed band, Anti-Flag's drummer, Pat Thetic, uses Shure's SM57 to mic his snare, according to Shure's artist page.

Shure endorsed band, Anti-Flag's guitarist, Chris Head, uses Shure's SM 57, according to Shure's artist page.

In this MxPx's video we can see Mike using a Shure SM57

"Shure sm57 is rock and roll"

Frank uses a SM58 in this performance, the camera zooms in on it at the end of the video.

If you read the tweet in the URL, you can see Jacoby stating that he prefers an SM57 for recording vocals on studio.

At around 13:16, a Shure SM57 can be seen beside SeamlessR's keyboard.

Danny Can be seen using this mic in the music video for Cigarettes & Saints

Seen at 13:08 in this rig rundown interview.

A FOH stage hand sent out a couple pictures of Chris Stapleton's live rig on May 27, 2016 in Simpsonville, SC at the Charter Spectrum Amphitheatre. The stage setup clearly matches the setup seen in various videos around the web from early-2016 shows. Shure SM57's are seen clearly in front of both of his amps.

Shure endorsed Alison Krauss & Union Station (Ron Block on Guitar) uses Shure's SM57 microphone, according to Shure's artist page.

used to put his microphone next to the drum kit so it wouldnt spill cymbals into the mix

SM57s used at the cymbal bottom and as a vocal mic for the bass player.

On the snare we are also using two mics: the SM7 on top and SM57 on the bottom

According to Shure's artist page, Brad Paisley uses Shure's SM57 for his guitar cabinet and snare.

For miking duties, whether on bass or guitar amps, Hyde used a Beyer M160 or a Shure SM 57…

In [this live in-studio performance](https://youtu.be/kn61fLDBHpI), Julie can clearly be seen singing into a Shure SM-57 microphone.

At 2:29 we can see that Rob's playing the [Matchless Avalon](http://equipboard.com/items/matchless-avalon-30-amp) through a Shure SM57 Instrument/Vocal Mic during this #product-demo.

Alan is using an SM57 at 2:03.

His technician interview.

"Anthony always used an SM57 for his lead vocals. We put it on a stand, but I'm sure he held it in his hand, and leant on it and swallowed it. That's how he gets his sound, but it meant that it was important to compress him, in order to protect the tape."

Mr. Bill lists the Shure SM57 among his gear, in [this interview](http://blog.liveschool.net/mr-bill-qa/).

Visconti says that the basic vocal chain on the album consisted of Bowie's own Manley Gold Reference Mic into an Avalon mic pre, into an LA-3A compressor and a Focusrite Red EQ, then into an Apogee 8000 A/D converter and a G4 Mac running Logic Audio. “I started recording vocals on analog, as I did with all of the drums [16-track at 15 ips with Dolby SR, or 30 ips with no noise reduction — I consider it to be the ultimate tape format,” Visconti says, but the lock-up became tedious, so we stayed in the digital realm — 24-bit, 44.1k]. On one song, ‘I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spacecraft,’ I used a Shure SM57 to get a rockier sound, but I later regretted that because the Manley spoiled me rotten. It's such a sweet mic, very musical in the midrange. The Manley mic vocals just leapt out of the mixes, whilst the 57 needed lots of EQ, compression and, ultimately, de-essing to get it above the mix.”

"Mics on the amp were a Shure SM57 and Royer R-121. Everything was recorded into Logic Pro. Beat was made with Native Instruments Battery 4." -Andy Othling

In this video we can see the SM57 on Stu voice, replacing his classic EV-635. They probably made a change of microphones, because we can see the SM57 in the voices and the EV-635 in the drums hi-hat. At 8:41 we can see de EV-635 on the hi-hat.

The following photo was taken from the PDF file included with Warmer's album, The Tragic Evolution of Desire. All the gear included was used in the making of this album.

Mic used on Josh's set

"Morgan is using a Shure SM57 for his vocal duties"

At 3:53, Dave pulls a Shure SM57 out of a box of microphones.

A Shure SM57 can be seen in this recording photo posted to Merzbow's Twitter.

In the 2014 interview with the Vienna Symphonic Library, the Shure SM57 Instrument/Vocal Microphone can be seen at Elfman's workplace in his Malibu studio.

In this video, John Browne mentions he uses a Shure SM57 for micing up his amp.

Used alongside a Shure SM58 in the music video for Rival Sons' "Keep On Swining".

According to this interview with Guitarplayer.com Capps uses an "old" SM57 to amplify his guitars on stage: "It’s got less high end than some of the newer models. I can’t deal with a direct sound because I don’t need some soundman trying to equalize the volume between my guitar and my voice. If I need to be louder, I’ll lean in. It’s like how Bill Monroe’s old bluegrass groups used to play around one mic. When someone took a solo, they would lean in."

In interview Robert said that he's using Shure Sm57 microphone for his amp.

in the video clip you can see in the the croner a bunch of text. it says what there are using

In this Instagram post made on November 16th, 2017, Takayoshi Ohmura was spotted using a Friedman Runt 20 head with a Shure SM57 micing up a Bogner 2x12 cabinet for recording.

Uses it to mic up his Fender Champ amp

As mentioned on Shure's official website.

“With the last record, ‘Forever Dolphin Love’, I made the whole thing with an SM57"

Can be seen above snares throughout video

Microphones: (2) Josephson 606A-KA21 hypocardioid small condenser (2) AEA N22 active ribbon (2) Neumann KM130 omni small condenser (1) Blue Mouse cardoid large condenser (2) Blue Dragonfly cardoid large condenser (2) ADK TL-Au custom modified multipattern large condenser (1) ADK TL-Gk67 custom modified multipattern large condenser (2) ADK Sigma CHI small diaphragm condenser (4) ADK Sigma CHI large diaphragm (lollipop 47, 251 capsules) (2) Oktava MK012 w/ Red Replacement capsules (1) Audio Technica AT4050 multipattern large condensor (2) E/V NDym 408 dynamic (2) Shure SM57 dynamic (1) Sennheiser MD421mII dynamic (1) AKG D112 kick drum mic

Show in CZ (17.2.2018)

alvaro lopez use a Shure SM57 Instrument/Vocal Microphone

He uses the shure SM57 on his snare drums.

at 0:30 you can see him singing into a shure sm57

Reeps One is seen using a Shure SM-57 in this beatboxing video and many others of his.

Tobacco can be seen using an Sure SM57 during his live performances.

Here is the site of studio where Sir Michu works. He is using most of the instruments, and gear from the "Dane techniczne" list.

Visible at 0:22 in this video.

You can see that Microphone at 0:07

"In general I used both Shure SM57 and Royer R-121 ribbon mics, a few inches back, just off the center of the cone, give or take an inch or two depending on the part. When you back the mics off a bit, it can help a part sit in a track better, especially if there are more that two guitar parts."

In this preformance of "Nonagon Infinity " in his entirety, the band is using the Shure SM57 for Vocals and Harmonica.

Zayn seems to have been using a Shure SM57 Vocal Microphone while recording in a tent with producer Malay Ho.

Oz Noy lists all of his current gear, including this one on his website.

It can be seen at 1:57

aT 2:45 this mic is on Javier's cab along.

This mic can be seen on his cab at 7:55

Used as a vocal mic in this live performance of Kiev's "Pulsing: Home Now". First clearly visible at 0:29.

A picture taken with their Jaguar, Hot Rod Deluxe and SM57

Tiedraw used this mic to record their first single "Dropped Milk" released on 2016

This versatile mic had to be part of Daniel´s essential gear

you can see he has on his snare drums when the drums are in view.

Titled a WIP on his personal Tumblr *ACCIDENTALLY "DEEPTHROATED" AN SM57*

Affordable & reliable microphone for vocal recording

At 1:41 he said the he uses a standard sm57 for the top of the snare.

"So here's the miking setup I'm going to use today and this, maybe, a little but of overkill and you typically don't need more than one mic on a cab, but we're goin' a little over the top in this video. So I have a Shure SM57 as well as an Earthworks SR25. (...) What do you do with a dual-miked cab? I like to blend the two microphones together. I like the high end of a 57 and I like the low end of the Earthworks mic, so blending those two together, you can get sort of in the weeds as far as panning goes and you gotta look out for phase, but if you mike the amp correctly, you're not gonna run into too many issues and have a lot of creative freedom."

Shure SM57 Instrument/Vocal Microphone

Mr. Savage is seen performing with a Shure SM57 throughout the concert

In this video Mateus is using the Shure SM57 Instrument/Vocal Microphone to record his guitar.

Glenn has used his Shure SM57s in many of his YouTube videos but in this video he first shows it at 0:37.

In the description of the video Garrett says that he used the Shure SM57 microphone.

Besides Battlecat in the video

Seen used in Hoodboi's Instagram story.

Used to mic the top and bottom of the snare in his studio.

Used for rehearsal, stage and background vocals

"We recorded the guitars using a Mesa Boogie Mark 2B Amp close mic'd with a Shure SM57."

"The Body Bags score was composed using Digital Performer software running on a Macintosh Iicx computer. Sampling was done with an Emulator IIIxp and a Forat F16. Other electronic instruments include Hammond B3, Wurlitzer electric piano, MicroMoog, Roland MKS80, D550, Prophet VS, Yamaha DX and TX series, EMU Proteus 1 and 2, Korg M1r and M1rex, and an AKAI 612. The score was digitally recorded using Alesis ADATs and BRC and John Hardy microphone preamps. Microphones included AKG414, Shure VP88 and SM57. The music was mixed on a custom Speck Electronics model 62 console. Signal processors used include: Behringer MDX 2000, SNR 802, DBX165a, B&B and Troisi cq, Dyna-Mite, Aphex expander gates, Lexicon and Yamaha Reverbs, Zoom, TC and Korg delays. Additional DSP and editing done in Sound Designer/Sound Tools." -John Carpenter

On pedalboard nº1

used while recording

In a tweet made by Syu on Dec 1st, 2018, his Marshall rig is shown to be mic'd up with a Shure SM57.

seen in this video

Joey has been sighted using the SM-57 live on tour, here we see him employing it at Coachella in 2017 with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.

In his YouTube page "SquidPhysics", Ben has the list of some material that he uses, which includes the Shure SM57 Instrument/Vocal Microphone.

It was written in the description as one of the equipment used in this video.

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James uses this mic when recording

Rack tom mic he uses

In a tweet made by Leda on August 8th, we can see that his Bogner 4x12 cabinet is mic'd up with a Shure SM57.

He used a Shure sm57 on this show with Bloody Hell.

A standard for recording guitars

[This image gallery](http://beintheloopchicago.com/the-soft-moon-metro/) of shots from a 2018 live performance by the Soft Moon shows Vasquez drumming on a trash can, which is mic'ed with a 57.

Toni Torres use in HCTSOUND recordings and some shows.

For recording I use a Stagg shotgun mic and an SM57 for vocals and acoustic instruments, use Garage Band as a means of recording clean takes, before putting the track together in FL Studio 9.

At 1:18 in this video he says hes using a 1x12 Fender Bandmaster miced by a Shure SM57

"I only own one microphone, and it’s a Shure sm57"

He and Poppy use the same SM57 with the top cap removed. Can also be seen in Poppy's - Lowlife (acoustic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3nrzRbJOm8

My microphones: Rode NT-2A (x2) Rode NT5 (x2) Shure SM57 Shure SM58 Sennheiser E602 Sennheiser E906

Kevin uses this microphone during the "everything that's perfect" section of the STAR music video. At 3:13, to be exact.

In the comments, Ayla replied to a comment asking "What mic do you use??" and she replied "SM57"

Shure SM57 is included in the list of Gareth Jones' gear.

You can see the Sm57 here

Shown up close in this live performance of Kiev's "Loot Recovered" at 4:16.

Used to mike Corn’s snare.

shure sm57 is in the amp

Ricardo sings with shure57

In this rare photo from the Lonely Enclave twitter you can see his SM57 in plain site.

Here we can see Tiago singing with a shure sm57

"A Neumann FET47 (the first real mic I ever bought, a great kick mic) and an old AKG D12, plus pairs of Neumann U87s, AKG 414s, 421s, AT451s, AT4033s, some Groove Tube mics, a magical AKG C12A, a stereo ATM that works great to take around for overdubs elsewhere (like the kitchen or garage), some weirdo mics I’ve found while touring, plus the solid traditional stuff like a Shure SM57, which is the snare drum standard for me. I was also just given some Earthworks mics, which have amazing detail–I never heard the downstairs TV in my overheads before!"

In this video, Vladimir is seen using a Fender Bassbreaker stack amp mic'd up with a Shure SM57.

J Diabolus Nemesis prominently uses these microphones on his amplifier speaker cabinets but when he did a rehearsal he used a shure SM57 microphone as a vocal mic.

In this video you can see Jethro singing into a Shure SM57.

"Recording time! #recording #toneking #sm57 #tolex #red&white #fender #strat"

Visible in this photo.

Visible in this photo.

Can be seen next to the NT1-a and is in front of the Guitar amp.

At 0:24 we can see Hobo Johnson singing into a Shure SM57

In this video, Sarah Longfield mics her snare drum with a Shure SM57.

In this video, Larry was seen using an amp that was miced up with two mics, one of which is a Shure SM57.

On October 29, 2018 in this Equipboard article, German guitarist Julian Wolf noted: "When we recorded the album there where a number of microphones used, including a Shure SM57."

seen recording with on instagram

The mic are specified in this tech rider and is always seen in his live gigs in front of his amp.

From website; "For recording guitar Jay uses a Massenburg eq and a Massenburg limiter. ...and two Shure SM57 microphones..."

Visible miking Cheng's Fender '65 Twin Reverb in the second slide of this post from the official David Boring Instagram page.

In the description of the video he says he used a Sure SM57.

A Shure SM 57 was used on Richard Goddeau’s snare drum to capture the sound of his Pearl Custom Masters Series set on “Circles”. Richard Goddeau only appears on 1 song on “the black and white album”(2017). However an SM 57 was also used on his snare drum on “Back Up Again” and “Brand New Day” tracks 1 and 7 on Positive Mental Trip’s 1st professional studio album “Change Your Mind”(2012)

Tyler actually uses this microphone for recording his guitar